THE EDUCATION OF STUFFED SHIRTS: MACHADO'S RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES

Abstract This essay discusses the reception of Machado de Assis in the United States. Focusing on the 1881 short story, "A Teoria do Medalhão", I argue that the real "medalhões" are in the North American academy, those readers and critics who, I predict, are going to have trouble...

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Main Author: EARL FITZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas 2022-10-01
Series:Machado de Assis em Linha
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-68212022000100600&tlng=en